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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PETER K. POST, JR, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DETERGENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 432,437, dated July 15, 1890.

Application filed September 13, 1889. Serial No. 323,869. ($pecimens.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER K. POST, J r., of the city, county, and State of Ne\vYork,have invented a new and useful W'ashing Compound for use in Laundries, for Toilet and other Purposes, of which the following is a specification.

The compound consists of the following ingredients, combined in the proportions stated, viz: refined borax, one pound; spirits of ammonia, eight ounces. The refined borax is to be saturated with the spirits of ammonia in about the proportions above stated. This will produce a paste-like or semi-solid substance.

In using the above-named compound for laundry purposes, for instance, a table-spoonful of the compound is added to every pailful of the water to be used in soaking and in washing the clothes. For toilet purposes a table-spoonful of the compound is placed in the bath-tub. Used in this way it gives absolute cleanliness, destroys all odor arising from perspiration,and leaves the skin of the bather in a perfectly smooth, soft, andhealthy condition.

When the compound is applied to bites or stings of insects, it instantly stops all pain and irritation and eifects a rapid cure. It can also be used for cleaning glass, silver, crockery, and other articles.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- As a new article of manufacture, a detergent compound in the form of a paste or semisolid, consist-ingof boraxsaturated with spirits of ammonia, substantially as set forth.

PETER K. POST, JR.

Witnesses:

THEo. G. HOSTER, O. SEDGWICK. 

